The Open Door Podcast

Enduring Oka

Season 4, Episode 1

The Kanesatake Resistance, or Oka Crisis, was a defining historic moment with an enduring legacy in Canada’s challenged relationships with Indigenous peoples. Mohawk writer and director Tracey Deer speaks to her experience as a twelve-year old girl in the summer of 1990, and how it helped shape her powerful, and immensely personal 2021 Canadian Screen Award winning film, Beans.

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This episode was presented in tandem with a community screening of Beans at The Brown Homestead as part of National Canadian Film Day on April 17th, 2024.

National Canadian Film Day

Discover more about Tracey Deer and her films:

Tracey Deer
Beans
Mohawk Girls
Club Native

Learn about the Kanesatake Resistence (Oka Crisis):

The Canadian Encyclopedia, Kanesatake Resistance
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (Documentary)
Bloody Blockades: The Legacy of the Oka Crisis

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